Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act and Adjustment of Amounts for 2025-Continuation
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is notifying the public that its civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. NASA is required by statute to amend its regulations annually to make inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties it assesses or enforces. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NASA will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels because there is no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 185 (Friday, September 25, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60987-60988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19687]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: 26-054]
Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act and Adjustment of Amounts for 2025--Continuation
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice announcing no penalty inflation adjustment for civil
monetary penalties for 2026.
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SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is
notifying the public that its civil monetary penalty amounts will not
increase for the 2026 calendar year. NASA is required by statute to
amend its regulations annually to make
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inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties it assesses or
enforces. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), NASA will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty
levels because there is no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Diederich,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8fedfdf6eee1a1fda1ebe6eaebeafde6ece7cfe1eefceea1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcdecec5ddd292ce92d8d5d9d8d9ced5dfd4fcd2ddcfdd92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>, 202.358.0216.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (the Inflation Adjustment Act) requires agencies to adjust
civil monetary penalties annually for inflation. These adjustments are
based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for
the month of October of the preceding year. For 2026, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics did not publish the October 2025 CPI-U due to a lapse
in appropriations. As a result, OMB Memorandum M-26-11 (April 17, 2026)
directs agencies not to apply an inflation adjustment for 2026 and to
continue using 2025 penalty levels.
II. No Adjustment for 2026
Consistent with the guidance provided in M-26-11, NASA is not
making any adjustments to civil monetary penalties under the Inflation
Adjustment Act in calendar year 2026.
Jamie M. Krauk,
Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-19687 Filed 9-24-26; 8:45 am]
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